Passenger-car.



D. MCDONALD.

PASSENGER CAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1912.

1,172,815. Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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i To all whom it may concern:

' UNITEDSTATES PATENT oFFI E.

Duncan menonann, or MONTREAL, am se t, @ASSIGNOR ro PAY-As-YOU- ENTER can ,coRroRA'rIoN, or nnwyonx, N: Y.-, A' oonrona'rron on NEW JERSEY.

PASSENGER-CAB.

Be it known that I, DUNCAN V 7 subject ,of'the King of England, resid ng at Montreal, Province-of'Quebec, Canada,

have made a certaininewand useful. Inventionin Passenger-Cars, of" which the fol lowing is, a specification. v Thisinvention relates to passenger cars,

and particularly to passenger cars of the. type having an entry way for'passengers to enter'the car arranged inthe side of the car a of passengers to theqinterior ofthe car,

at .a point intermediate the endsthereof- The object of theinvention is to provide.

a passenger car of the type andicharacter, referred to, which is simple inconstruction,

where he may also attend to the collection and efficient in operation.

'A further object isto provide a construe tion and arrangement of entryway through the side of the car into the body thereof which facilitates the. handling of pas-I sengers, the collectionof fares, and the control of the side entry doorwaysa V A further object is to provide a passenger; car of the type and-character fre ferred to wherein boarding and alighting accidents are avoided, andthe collection of fares from-entering passengers is-provided for whetherthe passengers occupy one endf ofthe car or the other, that is, thefprovision of means for compelling the entering. pas,- sengers to. pass by the station of the conductor, from which station not onlyarethe fares collected but the entry doorwaysaige.

controlled, thereby inclosing the conductorinsidethe-car and making him .a fare collector rather than a conductor.

Other objects of the invention will appear more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists substantially in:

theconstruction, combination, location and arrangement of parts, all as will be more. fully hereinafter set forth, asvshown 1n the Y accompanying drawing and finally pointed. out inthe appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing and to the various views and reference signs appearlng thereon, Figure 1 1s a. broken view in horizontal sectional plan ofa passenger car embodying the principles of j'm'y invention. Fig, 2 is a broken view in side elevation of the same.

The same part is designated by thesame reference letter wherever it occurs through-j out the several views. 7 V

In Patent No. 875,740 granted J an.v 7th,

' 1 Specification of Le tte rs Patent.

described and claimed, 'a' center entrance I atentedFb.22, 1916. Application filedfieptemberfi, 1,912. Serial1T0.718,613.

y 19O8, to Ross& McDonald, there is shown, MoDonALn,

door. constructionof street" carswhere passeng'ers enter and pay their fares as they enter and then, proceed to one end or the other of the car. I The, present invention this'genera'l type. 1 V

The special purposes hadin' view in the present invention is. the provision of .a door" way and a door for controlling the entrance which door is controlled by the conductor stationed a convenient point adjacent theentry way lnto the car and inside the door.

offares and the operating of the center, side".

The present invention .also contemplates the employment of meansarran'ge'd in the entry way for compelling passengers to pass by the station of the conductoron the way into the interior or 'seating space of'the, car After the passengers have entered thecar and passed the "conductor, they are at liberty to proceed from the jfare i prepayrelates particularlyfto a passenger car of ment point to either end of, the car orinto the seating space .of; the car. body} and then i may leave the car as will be more fully de scribed hereinafter.

In the drawings reference letter desig' nates, generally, the carbodyi About'mid way the length-of the car, a transverse compartment, indicated generally by reference letter B is provided, and which, if desired, maybe separated from the interior or seat-' ing space-of -thecar at each end thereof,'by means of bulk; heads or partitions indicated. at'CDJ- The'oo'mpartment B may be regardedfas a vestibule space which extends transversely aorossthe car body at a point about the mid% lengthjof'the'same, The vestibule space is; i

approached from outside the car by pas: sengers stepping from thestreet to the floor of the; vestibule B, or, if desired, the

side of thecar maybe provided with one or more steps, indicated at E, for the con-I venience of entering passengers, said steps affording means of access to the floorof the vestibule B. Also, iff'desiredaat'the entry way into the vestibule space,'suitable vertical rods or stanchions F'mfay be employedgas grasp handles for the convenience i of passengers.b0arding or alighting froIn The interior of the vestibule space is sepa-v rated from the entry way or step E by a partition indicated generally at 1 In this partition is a doorway controlled by a door, H, which may be 01" any suitable or convenient construction or arrangement such as are ordinarily used, or are adapted for use in cars. My ini-'ention,,however, is not to be limited or restricted to any particular construction of door. The door H is movable and is controllechas indicated. by dotted line-at J from a point adjacent and by means of controlling devices indicated'at K, located in convenient position to the conductors station inside the door. As shown the conductors station is formed by a curved railing L arranged within the vestibule space B, and behind this railing ample space for the conductor is provided, the door controllingdevice K being located adjacent to or in convenient reach, from the conductors station behind said railing. Also arranged upon the floor of the vestibule space B, is arailing or partition device, indicated at ,M, which, in the particular form shown, to;

which, however, my invention isnot to be limited or restricted, extends somewhat diagonally across the floor of the vestibule space from the partition 1). The provision of this railing, forms a restricted passageway i'or entering passengers asthey pass through the vestlbule, thereby compelling the passengers to passthe conductors sta.-

tion singly,or in single file. This insures V the passage of the passengers past the con- 40 ductor where a fare may be collected from each entering passenger.

The partition 0 separating the vestibule space B at one side from the, seating space of the car or car body N, is provided witha doorway, indicated at O,whic'h, if desired may be controlled by a swinging, folding or other convenient form of door, indicated in dotted line atP, said doorway being located 1 beyond the conductors station with reference to the entrance to the vestibule, so that passengers after passing the conductors station may enter the'body space .or seating space N of the car through said doorway 0. Similarly, the partitionD, separating the other end or seating space R, of the car body, from the vestibule space B, is provided with two doorways Sand T.' Passengers may enter the space R at the end of the car from vestibule B, through doorway S, and

may leave said end space R for alighting from the car through doorway T. The doorway S is located on the side of the car remote from the entry way into the vestibule B, and communicates between thevestibule B, and the interior seating space or portion R, of the car body, so that passengers entering the vestibule from the street, and after passing the conductors station through therestricted space between theconductorsstae tion and the guardrailing M, may pass.

The doorway T leading from the end space R of thegcar body, .deliverson to a;

platform indicated at 12,;forming part of the floor of the vestibule Bg outside of the artition G sothat assen ers desirin to leave the car body portionzR, after arriving at their point of destination or departure fromthe car, passfrom part B of the can body through the doorway T on'to thefioior 12, and thence, to the stree The extreme end of the portion N,'of the car body is provided With-a doorway indifv cated at 13,"through: which passengersoccupying' theportion N, of the car body may" pass from the car body to the street, said doorway 13, beingcontrolled by door, if

desired,: as indicated" at 14;, in Fig. 2.] If

desired exit steps indicated at 15, may be employed at the exit doorway 13; This door will usually beat the front end of the car and under the control of the motorman;

It will be" observed that the door 14 and steps 15, are designed" andiintended to be used only forexit. from the car and not for boarding purposes, Similarly, the doorway T, from the interior of the car body portion R to the platform-12, may be employed only I l as an exit doorway for passengers desiring a to leave'said p'ortiom It is obvious'that the doorway T'may be controlled by a door 16,2

if desired, and this door may beoperated or controlled in its operation, from the: con: ductors stationin any suitable orconvement manner, as indicated bythe dotted line 17.

It will be understood tl'ia't the platform; 12, is of suiiicient area or extent, to permit the entrance of passengers through the doorway controlled by thedoor H into'the interior of the vestibule, while "at the same f time accommodating the exit of passengers; through the doorway and across the floor 12, to the street.

A construction and. arrangement such as above. described aflords ample facilities ,for

rapidlyhandling largecrowds of paSsengers desiring to enter or leavecarsof the, type referred to.

It will be observed that when a car stops, for instanceat a crowded forming seating spaces, said vestibule being num'berof passengers desiring to enter may gain th'einterior of the vestibule before the conductor collects all of the fares from the entering passengers. WVhile the entering passengers are boarding the car, those desiring to leave the car do so through the exit doorway 13, and the exit doorway T. As soon as the boarding passengers gam ac-' B to either end of the car, without interference with each other, or without blocking each other during their boarding or alight ing movements.

Having now set forth the object and nature of my invention, and a construction embodying the principles thereof, what I claim as new and useful, and of my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A passenger car having an entrancedoorway in the side thereof intermediate its ends leading to the car platform, a door for controlling said doorway, means arranged on said platform inside the doorway for affording a conductors station, means extending diagonally across the rear portion of said platform for confining the entrance way of entering passengers to a single path closely adjacent the conductors station, and entry doorways beyond thesingle path by the conductors station into the body of the car and respectively leading to the end portions of the car.

2. A passenger car having a transversely extending vestibule, intermediate the ends thereof and-end portions, said end portions separated from the end portions by partipassage of the entering passengers past the tions, at door for controlling the entry of passengers into the vestibule, doorways communicating between the vestibule and the seating spaces at the respective ends of the car body, a curved railing arranged within the vestibule adj acent'one of the partitions thereof, to afford a conductors station, a railing extending from the opposite partition ofthe vestibule, to restrict the conductors station, and means located at the conductors station for controlling the vestibule entry door. 7

3. In a passenger car, a vestibule extending transversely across the car body, intermediate the ends of the latter to divide the car into end portions, each end portion having a seating space for the passengers, a

side door controlling the entry ofpassengers in the vestibule, a railing arranged within the vestibule, to define a conductors station, means located at the conductors station for controlling'the movements of'the vestibule side door, a railing extending across the vestibule floor to restrict the pas sage way of: entering passengers past the conductors station, and an exit doorway,

from each endportion of the car. I

4. A passenger car,having a transversely extending vestibule, and; partitions separating the vestibule fromthe respective .ends of the car, an entryidoorwaythroughone of said partitions, and anentry way and an exit way through the other of said parti tions, a framing separating the entry and exit doorways in saidlast mentioned partition, said framing havinga door therein, i

a railing arranged inside the last mentioned door and forming a conductors .statlon,

means arranged adjacent the .conductors' station for controlling the operation of said door, a transversely extending railing for restricting the passage-way of entering passengers past the conductors station, and an exit doorway at the far end of one of the end portions of the car body.

5. A passenger car having transversely extending partitions intermediate its ends and side wall portions connecting said par.- titions toform a completely inclosed vestibule space, entrance doorways through said partitions respectively leading from the inclosed vestibule space into the end portions of the car, a side entrance door for said inclosed vestibule space, an exit doorway in one or said partitions, said exit doorway located outside of the inclosed vestibule space, and an exit doorway at the far end of the other car end portion.

6. A passenger car having transversely extending partitions intermediate its ends to form seating spaces at each end of the car, said partitions extending the transverse width of'the'car, side wall portions associated with said partitions to form acompletely inclosed vestibule, doorways leading from said inclosed vestibule into each seat:

ing space.

I 7. A passenger car having transversely extending partitions intermediate its ends" to form seating spaces at each end of the car, said partitions extending the transverse width of the car, side wall portions associated with said partitions to formfa completely inclosed vestibule, doorways leading from said inclosed vestibule into each seating space, and exit doorways from each end seating space.

8. A passenger car having transversely extending partitions'to form separated end seating portions with a vestibule between them, doorways leading from the vestibule into the end seating portions, inclosing side.

Walls for the vestibule, an entrance door 7 In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset: 10 located in one of said side Walls, a means my hand in the presence of thesubscribing located Within the vestibule to form a fare Witnesses, on this QQndday of August A. D., prepayment station, a railing extending 1912. 1

' diagonally across the vestibule to restrict DUNCAN MCDONALD the passageway past the fare prepayment station, and means located adjacent the fare Witnesses:

prepayment station for controlling the op. A. MICHAUD, eration of the vestibule side Wall door. Jos. C. OASAVANT.

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